They’re bought by the oil industry
Comment on Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 6 months ago
So there are politicans who really believe that climate change is a conspiracy? Or they just don’t care for the future?
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 6 months ago
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Electric cars aren’t going to fix climate change
Boxtifer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s gonna help. There’s not an all out 1 solution.
Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
But don’t you see, unless there is one magical silver bullet solution that fixes everything then it’s all worthless and we should go back to dumping CFC’s into the atmosphere.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We should defintely still make EVs, overall they are going to be better than ICE. We just shouldn’t force/subsidize everyone to have to buy and drive an EV like we did with ICE cars.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Electric trains might, but we’re even worse at building them than cars.
uis@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Are we? Diesel-ev hybrid is fairly effective and proven. Making a pure ev would just mean taking the diesel out, adding more batteries and installing electrical rail or over head trolley cables to charge them. Trains run on a schedule, so logistic planning should be straight forward.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Are we?
Recently, yes. California’s spent 16 years not building rail. The Gulf Coast states have been tearing their rail out and replacing it with highways for over a decade. The Upper Midwest has just kinda given up on doing anything useful, and just watched its transit infrastructure collapse.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Who says EV are going to fix climate change?
eskimofry@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ok then that means we have to consider the fact that Car-oriented zoning laws and construction are bad for our future. 15-minute cities and infrastructure to support alternative modes of transit for longer distances are the way forward.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 6 months ago
Yes, but an easy target.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t think it matters whether or not they really believe it.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 6 months ago
Those who don’t, believe in money.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Have you seen how old they are? Doesn’t matter for them.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 6 months ago
No children, no niece?
exanime@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Remaining rich depends on them not believing climate change
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There’s an enormous amount of money in renewable energy and battery manufacturing. That’s why Texas leads the nation in wind farm power and Atlanta, Georgia is getting a $4.3B investment at its Hyundai electric vehicle plant.
But there’s also a ton of legacy infrastructure that generates enormous revenue streams. If you’ve just invested billions into our rapidly expanding oil pipeline network
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You’re not going to want us to give up on mineral extraction across the American northwest or central plains.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Comrades, it’s time to follow the example of Rico Rodriguez! Oil pipelines were made to be blown up! Along with military vehicles!
dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Alright buddy so you want to burn it down and cause utter chaos just cause you don’t like how things are going?
Well, when you put it that way it actually sounds a lot like the US military/government! You too should be friends!
…or are you only interested in blowing up pipelines in rich countries where the correct oil companies and defense contractors already own everything and are making money hand over fist?
Why would you hurt the soul of America like that? It would be like burning down Fenway or smashing the liberty bell to bits. Those poor executives would have to go home to their families and explain through tears and sobs that the halcyon days of shitting on the future of humanity for the next 15,000 years are over, and that consequences for the ruling class have officially arrived.
shudders what an awful thought!
arin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oil losing value, someone remind them that selling their bag holding oil stocks is a good play.
SaltySalamander@fedia.io 6 months ago
If anything, oil is increasing in value. It certainly isn't losing it.
arin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Less demand=less value. More electric vehicles=less oil